I once was voted "Most Likely to Succeed". Yep, 14 of my 24 fellow 8th graders at Cornville Elementary School thought that I, Devan Cook, was gonna be somebody. My teachers believed in me, too. Well, most of them. Mrs. Nelson, my kindergarten teacher, called up my mother one time to express concern about my learning abilities. She thought that I might need to be sent to the school where "special" kids go, as I was having difficulty cutting with scissors. This was when Mrs. Nelson learned I was left handed, unlike the pair she had tried to shove into my non-dominant paw.
Kindergarten teachers aside, the opinion was unanimous: I was gonna be the biggest claim to fame Cornville School had since Deborah Walley (best known for playing Gidget in the film Gidget Goes Hawaiian) directed our Christmas play.
